California Bill Pushes for Free Online College Books (via KQED MindShift) Here’s a quick summary of the bills (there are actually 2): • The first CA bill would create 50 open textbooks for high-enrollment college courses that would be free online and available in print for ~$20. Book contracts would be…
Guns, penguins, and open textbooks
Cable Green likes to say, “When you share your content, good things happen.” I tend to agree, but could one of those “good things” actually be a more efficient use of taxpayer dollars? PC World just published a blog on Open Source Software called “Is Open Source Up to Par?…
Response to “More on Apple in Education” from TheMacSucks.com
This is another one of those comments that turned into it’s own blog post. The gist of the article on themacsucks.com is that macs are overpriced and education dollars could be better spent on other solutions. It got me thinking about an age-old debate: Which computer is best for education?…